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10 April 2015

For 20 years Nehru spied on Subhas Chandra Bose's family An India Today report today reported that two declassified Intelligence Bureau files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose have revealed that the Jawaharlal Nehru government spied on the kin of Netaji for 20 years, from 1948 to 1968.

The files reveal that the IB had resumed British-era surveillance on the two Bose family homes in Calcutta at Woodburn Park and Elgin Road.

Nehru was the prime minister for 16 of the 20 years and the IB reported directly to him.

The files show the IB resumed British-era surveillance on the two Bose family homes in Calcutta: 1 Woodburn Park and 38/2 Elgin Road.

Apart from intercepting and copying letters written by Bose's family members, agency sleuths shadowed them on their domestic and foreign travels.
The agency seemed especially keen to know who all the Bose kin met and what they discussed.
A series of hand-written messages shows the agents phoned in 'Security Control', as the IB headquarters was called, to report on the family's movements, India Today said.